Crossing the Qinghe Landlord gl

Chapter 74 Winter Solstice

The same black dog with the same ferocious expression, when Xia Jiniang saw that black dog rushing towards him, childhood memories flooded into her heart, and her heart trembled.I was so scared that I even forgot to hide.

"Jiniang, it's okay." Zhang He held Xia Jiniang's hand, and found that her hand was so cold that it made people feel distressed.Although she is not very afraid of dogs, she feels that this feeling is like her fear of leeches, which is a weakness in everyone's heart.

Xia Jiniang took a deep breath and let it out again. Repeated several times, the fear in her heart receded a little.She stretched out her hand to hold Zhang He's arm, and said after a while, "Well, I'm fine."

"You're frightened, why don't you go back to the room to rest?" Zhang He just wanted to hold her in his arms to comfort her.

Xia Jiniang shook her head considering the two servants of the Zhang family.

The two servants from Zhang's family looked at each other in blank dismay, Zhang He was too concerned about appeasing Xia Jiniang, but he didn't have time to pay attention to them, what are they going to do?

Fortunately, Zhang Xian also came back from school and saw two strangers at home. Although Zhang He and Xia Jiniang seemed very tired, the atmosphere was a bit weird, so he asked, "Second brother, second sister-in-law, is there another person at home?"

"Mr. Sanlang!" The two servants shouted.

It was only then that Zhang Xian knew that "someone came from home", he looked at everyone for no reason, until Xia Jiniang let go of Zhang He's arm, and said, "It's getting late, I'm going to prepare dinner."

"I'll just go and get ready, so you can rest."

Zhang He didn't mention this, and Xia Jiniang almost forgot that Zhang He claimed to be afraid of dogs back then.But when she thought about it carefully, Zhang He persuaded her to go in before opening the door; when he opened the door, he was very calm facing the black dog, and later protected her in front of the black dog, as if he knew that he was afraid of dogs. The person is actually her.

She always thought that Zhang He was a delicate girl in front of her, but in fact Zhang He was taking good care of her and caring for her even when she didn't know it.

"I'm not hurt either, just take it easy." Xia Jiniang's eyes were as gentle as clear springs, flowing into Zhang He's heart, numb her half body.She was afraid that she would be addicted to it all the time, so she quickly turned her head to look at the two servants: "Did mother ask you to come here?"

The two servants looked at each other speechlessly, and heard the words and replied: "The eldest lady asked us to come here. The eldest lady said that Erlang, Sanlang and Erniang will go back to Zhangjiazhuang to worship the ancestors before the winter solstice. Don't forget the time."

"I see, is there anything else?"

"Gone."

"You must have come all the way here and haven't had dinner yet, why don't you go back after having dinner here?" Xia Jiniang smiled.

The two servants were flattered, and said: "My second wife kindly wishes, but the little ones have to rush back to Fuzhou City, so it's inconvenient to stay for a long time."

Xia Jiniang gave each of them some small money, and the two happily took it, and said a few nice words to them before leaving.

Zhang Xian still didn't know what happened, and stared at them blankly.Zhang He sent him back to his room to study, then put his arms around Xia Jiniang again, and pressed his forehead against her without saying a word.

Xia Jiniang smiled: "Isn't Erlang very heroic just now? Why is he hugging me and acting like a baby again?"

"I just want to make sure that you are fine, so I can rest assured."

"So Erlang said he was afraid of dogs, but he was actually lying to Lu'er?"

Zhang He's eyes dodged for a moment, and he smiled again: "I just found out that I'm not afraid anymore."

"Why is there no fear all of a sudden?"

"Because you're here!" Zhang He rubbed the tip of her nose, and found an opportunity to entangle with each other, so that they could all forget this unpleasant incident.

Aunt Li and Li Qing were working in the fields, and they were going home, but they heard that Zhang He had provoked Li Xun, and Li Xun led all the servants to trouble Zhang He and Xia Jiniang aggressively.They were startled, fearing that something might happen to them, they rushed over.

However, seeing that the two of them were fine, they breathed a sigh of relief.Hearing what happened from them again, while sympathizing with the tragic experience of Liu Dashan's family, he was also very indignant at Li Xun's actions.

But what if they are indignant?They are just low-class households with no rights and influence, and they can barely survive by farming dozens of acres of Susukida, not to mention the Liu Dashan family who have to depend on the upper-class households for a living.

Liu Dashan provoked Li Xun, as long as he did not quit the tenant with Li Xun, Zhang He would not be able to interfere in their affairs, otherwise Li Xun would sue Zhang He for detaining his family's servant , she is causing trouble.After all, whether it is hired manpower, servants or tenants, during the employment period, it is the private property of the host family.

And now Liu Dashan wants to quit the tenant, it must be even more difficult, Li Xun is afraid that he will not let him easily terminate the contract.

"Can Li Xun really cover the sky with one hand?" Zhang He asked.

"He was originally a second-class household, but Liu Dashan reported him, and he has been reclassified as a first-class household. I am afraid that the security chief will be rotated next year."

In addition to Zhang He from the official household in Qinghe Village, Zhang Baochang and Li Xun's families are the richest; the Yang family and Li Sanlang's family from the second-class households are second only; It is considered comfortable to wait for the four families to live comfortably, and the remaining dozen or so families are inferior households.Each household has its own corvée. As long as there are only Zhang Baozhang and Li Xun in the first-class households, they will always take turns as the Baozhang.

Township service in prefectures and counties can be said to be a kind of corvee service that has both advantages and disadvantages, and the balance of advantages and disadvantages depends not only on the disposition of the officials, but also the disposition of the people who serve as servants.Although Zhang Baochang would follow suit, he had a good heart, and he didn't dare to bully the villagers except to take advantage of it occasionally.But Li Xun's greedy nature can be seen from today's events. It would not be a good thing for the villagers of Qinghe Village if he were to be the chief security officer.

"Although you are not afraid of him, Brother Donkey, you still have to be careful." Aunt Li reminded. Although Zhang He is an official, there have also been incidents where kind and weak officials from official households were bullied by wealthy people. He and Xia Jiniang didn't even have a dog to guard the house, so they would only be looked down upon by Li Xun.

"Thank you, Auntie, for reminding me that I know how to deal with myself."

"Mother, it's not that Erlang doesn't know how to deal with it. It's too late, let's go back." Li Qingshi said.

After Aunt Li and Li Qingshi left, Zhang He made sure that no one would come looking for them again, so he locked the door.

It has not stopped today, and now it has calmed down, but her heart has not yet completely calmed down.Presumably, she was too optimistic about the environment she was in. Her background determined that common people dare not bully her, but in places where she could not see, the government exploited the common people, and the upper class bullied the lower class. Such things have always happened occur.

With her current status and ability, she can help one Liu Dashan, but not countless Liu Dashan.

After thinking about it, if the social system has not changed, only by increasing production levels and increasing food production can the people's lives be a little better.Although the government may increase taxes after the increase in grain production, as long as the Qin Dynasty's supervisory agencies are still operating well, it will not be too serious.

It's just that she needs to remind Shi Qing not to only care about her political achievements and put the people in dire straits.

The news of Zhang He and Li Xun's quarrel because of Liu Dashan's family spread all over Qinghe Village the next day, and those with good intentions were waiting to see the two families fight, but Li Xun changed his attitude from yesterday and was kind to Liu Dashan's family again. up.He also said that although he said that Liu Dashan's family, who had offended him, would not have a foothold in Qinghe Village, but that was nothing more than a threat and scare Liu Dashan.

Liu Dashan was very entangled. Compared with being a servant of Zhang He, he would rather rent a tenant to farm. If there is a good harvest, at least his wife and children can have an extra bite to eat.Besides, Li Xun didn't bother with him anymore, he returned all the things he had stolen from his house, and even gave them some thick winter clothes.

Li Xun also said that next year's rent will still be [-]-[-]%, and if he wants to borrow cattle and farm equipment, it will be [-]-[-]%.So he gradually no longer thought about retiring the tenancy.

Zhang He was silent for a long time when he heard the words.She didn't believe that Li Xun would be so kind, but Liu Dashan was used to being enslaved by him, and once Li Xun treated him better, he would be satisfied.She couldn't break his naive thoughts, and she had no right to intervene in their affairs when he still chose to compromise.

After Liu Dashan declined her kindness, she no longer took care of their affairs, after all, she still had to prepare for the winter solstice.

The 22nd of Dongyue is the winter solstice, which is the most important day except Zhengdan. The night before Zhengdan will be called "Sui Chu", while the day before the winter solstice will be called "Dong Chu". Both Zhengdan and Winter Solstice will have a three-day holiday On the first day and the third day when the market is closed, there will be a grand court meeting, and folks will go to temples to burn incense.

The day before the winter solstice, the ancestors had to be worshipped. The Zhang family's ancestral hall was in Zhangjiazhuang. Except for those who were too far away after the separation, or those who were officials or students in a distant place could not come back, the general clan members would go back, so Zhang He and Xia Jiniang, Zhang Xian left for Zhangjiazhuang on the [-]th day of Dongyue.

This is also Xia Jiniang's first visit to Zhangjiazhuang. Judging from the flat and spacious official road at the entrance of the village, it can be seen that most of the people gathered here are official households and rich people.Looking from a distance, among the mountains and rivers, the courtyards are well arranged, and occasionally there are a few thatched huts mixed in.

The donkey cart stopped in front of Zhang's ancestral house.There is a lot of moss growing on the corner of this wall, and the old house with old but still solid bricks to form tall walls has been repaired countless times, but it still can't hide the simplicity of the years.Although it is smaller than the Zhang family's house in Fuzhou City, it is more elegant and grand.

The Zhang family's ancestral house can only be inherited by the eldest son of the Zhang family. However, in Zhang Tingyu's generation, Zhang He's grandfather, Zhang Xun, gave Zhang Tingxuan his ancestral home. Zhang Tingyu.Zhang Tingyu felt that the ancestral house was too small, but he couldn't expand it because the clansman had already built a house nearby, so he simply bought a piece of land elsewhere and set up another farm.

When the Liu family brought Zhang Yan to live in the ancestral house, Zhang Tingyu placed the Liu family and Zhang He in the farm, and did not return to the ancestral house until Zhang He grew up.But both are in Zhangjiazhuang, not far apart.Everyone believed that the farm Zhang Tingyu bought had a lot of tenants coming and going, and that's why the Liu family had an affair with the tenants.

From the house in Fuzhou City to the ancestral house and farm, and then to Zhang He's house in Qinghe Village, Xia Jiniang believed Zhang He and Zhang Xian's words of being bullied by Zhang Yan.Leaving aside Liu's ambiguous attitude towards Zhang He, only in terms of the distribution of the family property, both Zhang He and Zhang Xian's weight is less than one-eighth of the Zhang family's property.

However, Xia Jiniang has never seen Zhang He express dissatisfaction with this unfair division of family, and she is also very satisfied with their current status, so she will not envy these mansions and properties.

"Big lady, Mr. Erlang has returned with Mr. Erniang and Mr. Sanlang." Liu's maidservant told Liu after Zhang He and the others entered the door.

"Let them go back to the house first!" Liu said.

"Your Majesty is meeting guests in the front hall." The maid said again.

Liu remembered that today's visitors were all members of the Zhang family, including Zhang Bing and Zhang Hun.And if Zhang He met them, he didn't know what would happen, so he got up: "Change clothes, go to the front hall."

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